The Culture
Clarity System™
The Organizational OS for Culture Alignment
The first and only comprehensive system for integrating culture alignment at scale—turning your values into daily practice.
Developed by Mayers Studio New York, specialists in systems-change and culture transformation for organizations ready to pinpoint friction, align teams, and unlock growth.
Why Culture Clarity? Why Now?
Culture shouldn’t just be a tagline—but too often, that’s what it becomes. Flattened into a slogan, a mission slide, or a branding campaign. And under the surface, deeper issues persist: misaligned leadership, inconsistent decision-making, diluted values, and narratives that no longer match what people experience day-to-day.
Misalignment isn’t just confusing, it’s costly. It fractures teams, erodes trust, drains momentum, and exposes reputational risk.
You know something's off, but lack the language and framework to identify what needs to change. The solution? Stop performing culture. Start building it.
The Culture Clarity System™was designed to reframe clarity as a strategic asset. We help you move from intention to integration, turning values into systems. The results are smarter decisions, cohesive teams, and integrity at the core of your leadership.
Trusted by Change-Making Institutions
The Culture Clarity System™ is the standard chosen by leaders moving culture forward.
See how we partner with world-class organizations →
Clarity Pulse Check™
Struggling with Culture Misalignment? Solve It in 20 Minutes:
The Clarity Pulse Check™ reveals culture misalignment and closes gaps between values and practice. It’s the first step to the Culture Clarity System™—an outcomes-based, field-tested, and sector-fluid framework designed for leaders and high impact teams.
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Read the manifesto shaping the next era of culture strategy.
The Strategic Culture DIAGNOSTIC That moves You From Misalignment to Measurable Results.
Not just a toolkit—an organizational OS for cultural health. Leaders and teams use it as an actionable entry point before launching new initiatives or tackling transformation. In 20 minutes, reveal blind spots and actionable insights for strategic alignment.
What's Inside the Clarity Pulse Check™
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A Complete Culture Map
Comprehensive assessment covering decision-making patterns, communication styles, conflict resolution, feedback culture, inclusion practices, and accountability systems. -
Precision Targeting
Identify specific disconnects between stated values and daily operations. See exactly where aspirational culture meets reality. -
Solution-Focused
Transform identified problems into actionable insights with guided prompts that move you from 'what's wrong' to 'what's next.' -
Team Alignment
Develop shared vocabulary for culture discussions across your organization. No more talking past each other about 'culture issues.' -
Implementation Ready
Built-in reflection spaces for friction points, insights, and concrete next steps. Leave with a clear roadmap, not just observations.
3 Pillars of Culture Clarity: CLARIFY, ALIGN, and EMBeD.
The Culture Clarity System™ builds organizational alignment around a proven three-pillar process:
CLARIFY, ALIGN, and EMBED.These pillars shape how clarity becomes culture—how we name what’s real, build narrative integrity, and embed values into infrastructure. We partner with world-class teams ready to move beyond performance and into alignment with rigor, resonance, and results.
cLARIFY
Diagnose your culture and quantify values alignment.
Before you can shift culture, you have to name it. This is where beliefs are uncovered, tensions mapped, and unspoken norms come into view.
→ Start the Clarity Pulse Check™ to assess where you're out of rhythm. Walk away with a grounded understanding of what’s really driving your culture and what’s getting in the way.
ALIGN
Integrate your narratives and operationalize your values.
Narrative integrity starts here. We examine how your story shows up—internally and externally—and recalibrate the disconnects.
→ Reserve a Culture Forward™ Session for real time, strategic support. You leave with a cohesive communication system that reflects where you really are—not just who you say you are.
EMBED
Sustain clarity through ongoing partnership, systems, and measurement.
Culture doesn’t stick unless it’s embodied.This phase translates clarity into infrastructure, strategy, and everyday practice.
→ Inquire about a full partnership through our Strategy Lab or Studio Partner engagements.
Ready to turn values into strategic advantage?
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Why Culture Matters:
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“Culture is DNA. It’s who you are, it’s what your ancestors have given you, but also what you create in yourself.”
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Framework Integration
You don’t need to arrive with answers. Most partners begin with a Culture Forward™ session and grow from there.
Every offering is grounded in the Culture Clarity System™—tailored to your context, your cadence, and your capacity for change.
CULTURE
FORWARD™
A diagnostic session to clarify where alignment is breaking down and what story is trying to emerge.
Availability is limited.
Narrative
Strategy Lab™
A 4–6 week engagement to rebuild external narrative, stakeholder messaging, and brand voice with integrity.
We reserve a few openings each quarter.
Studio
Partner™
A 3–6 month embedded partnership to activate the full framework across strategic planning, internal comms, and exec decision-making.
We accept a limited number of Studio Partners.
Origin
Most teams can talk about their values. Few can explain how those values hold under pressure.
The Culture Clarity System™ is the foundational methodology at the core of Mayers Studio New York. It’s built for teams navigating the tension between what they say and what they sustain—leaders who feel the pressure to communicate values they haven’t fully embedded, and who want something deeper than a comms refresh or a DEI playbook.
We developed this framework to close the gap between narrative, behavior, and belief.
Because culture doesn’t collapse all at once. It fractures quietly in decisions made under pressure, in silences after meetings, in language that no longer holds.This methodology wasn’t theorized. It was earned through years of internal leadership, advocacy, and friction.
It’s built to hold what traditional systems miss—and to turn cultural clarity into a strategic advantage.
“I didn’t build this system to sound smart. I built it because I lived the consequences of not having one. This work is personal, and it’s built to hold what most systems can’t.”
What This Framework
Makes Possible
TREVON MAYERS
“When institutions lead with integrity, the communities around them can trust more freely, organize more powerfully, and engage more fully.”
MSNY
“We turn values into systems that guide action, not slogans.”
Common Questions Leaders Ask
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The Culture Clarity System™ is the first comprehensive framework for diagnosing, aligning, and embedding organizational values at scale. Unlike standard HR or engagement programs, our proprietary methodology quantifies your culture, closes alignment gaps, and builds lasting infrastructure—moving your team from surface-level campaigns to operational clarity.
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While our experience is rooted in social impact, the Culture Clarity System™ is sector fluid by design. This framework is trusted by executive leaders, people ops teams, consultants, founders, and mission-driven organizations seeking measurable alignment and integrity.
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Organizations that use the Culture Clarity System™ typically see:
Measurable gains in cross-team alignment and trust within 30 days
Faster, more consistent values integration across leadership and departments
Reduced turnover and stronger retention of mission-aligned, high-performing talent
Greater brand credibility with funders, collaborators, and public stakeholders
Clearer decision-making grounded in shared purpose, not performance optics
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Most partners report increased clarity, alignment, and engagement within the first session, often after their initial Clarity Pulse Check™. Deeper, systemic changes are supported through ongoing partnership and embedded advisory.
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The Culture Clarity System™ is diagnostic-driven, outcomes-based, and practitioner-led. We don’t fix optics, we build alignment. We rewire the systems where values live. We work from the inside out, with leadership, narrative, and operational design all moving in tandem.
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Identity matters. But this work is ultimately about operationalizing values across systems. We help institutions move with integrity—from performative values to practiced ones, using identity as a lens, not the entire frame.
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Yes. The Culture Clarity System™ is sector-fluid and modular—customizable for foundations, startups, civic-tech, creative agencies, and more. We tailor each engagement based on your goals, growth stage, and team needs. Email us to explore licensing, facilitation partnerships, or custom activations.
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Clarity is a business advantage. Misalignment costs organizations trust, retention, innovation, and revenue. We quantify cultural tension and design systems that produce measurable alignment. That leads to stronger teams, clearer messaging, and smarter strategy.
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No. While trusted by world-class institutions, the Culture Clarity System™ is designed for impact at any scale—startups, agencies, nonprofits, or multi-site enterprises. If you value culture, we help you build it to last.
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Trevon leads the strategy, always. But Mayers Studio operates as a studio model, meaning we bring in specialized collaborators when needed. You get the intimacy of a visionary with the flexibility of a high-caliber team.
Still Have Questions?
Reach out to us for personalized guidance on how the Culture Clarity System™ can work for your specific organizational context.
About Mayers Studio New York
Mayers Studio New York is a strategic partner for brands, institutions, and cultural leaders shaping what comes next.
Founded by Trevon Mayers, the studio draws over a decade of experience in policy, narrative design, and systems change—rooted in advocacy and built for alignment under pressure.Interested in using The Culture Clarity System™ with your team or clients? Email us to explore licensing, facilitation partnerships, or custom activations.
Mayers Studio New York
1178 Broadway, Floor 3
New York, NY 10001
(201) 500-7406contact@mayersstudio.nyc
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